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S. WEISZ.

SOFT FOLD COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 23. I9I7.

Patented OI'T. 21, 1919.

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SNDOR WEISZ, OFNEW'YORK, N. Y.

SOFT FOLD-COLLAR.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SNnon VVEISZ, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York and` the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soft Foldollars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the acompanysuch a .manner as to dispense with.l even' the vsimplest form of the ordinary permanently contained, or removably securedv stifening devices, such as Celluloid, featherbone, sheet -metal or the like, which are common in the art and to which many. objections have been found. l

The invention therefore consists-in incorporating between the plies or thicknesses of the fabric of which the neck band is composed, a single Strip or strips of some suitable soft substance or material, preferably of the same fabric at more or less frequent intervals,ior throughout the entire length of the neck band, and thereafter sewing or quilting the same together in such a manner as tc impart to said neck band -that desired degree of stability obtained thereby and vwhich is necessary to maintain the collar in the proper extended, sightly and comfortable position.

Referring to the sheet of drawings, in which I have illustrated the preferred ernbcdiment of my invention I will proceed.

to describe the same, having it understood that I am not limited to the'speciiic details of construction shown and described, as it is manifest that these may be modified and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Figure l represents a plan lview of a soft Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 23, 4191'?. Serial'No. 203,521@`4 fold-collar embodying Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

m\y invention, the collar being laid out fiat.

Fig. 2 represents a similar view of a modied form of the neck band of. a soft foldcollar, a portion of the band ply being broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 3, represents on an enlarged scale a portion of the neck band embodying my invention; and

Fig. 4 represents a horizontal cross-section taken on line of Fig. 3.

Similar characters of reference refer to `like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

In the drawings, 1 represents the top and 2 represents the neck band of a soft foldcollar of ordinary design secured together in the usual and well known manner. The neck band 2 is composed, preferably of two plies or thicknesses of' suitable material which are sewed together along the front, lower and end edges and being provided with the usualv button holes so that the collar can be readily fastened in position on the neck band of the shirt:

In order to provide an efficient, durable and inexpensive neck band which shall meet alll of the above enumerated requirements without the use of t-he hitherto employed, permanently contained, or removably secured stiffening devices, such as Celluloid, featherbone, sheet metal or the like. I incorporatev between the plies or thicknesses of the fabric, of ywhich said neck `band is icomposed, a single strip or a plurality of i strips, lettered respectively 5, 6 and 7, of any suitable soft material which may be, preferablyof the same/fabric as the plies of which the neck band is composed and sewing or quilting the same together by means of stitching 8, inserted through the band plies 9 and 10 and the strips of soft material, or

Similar fabric 5, 6, and 7, as clearly indi' cated in the drawings.

From an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawing it will be noticed, that I have incorporated between the two plies of the neck band, at `more or less frequent intervals, a plurality of strips of fabric by sewing or quilting the strips together with the 'plies ofthe neck band, thereby imparting to said neck band that stability which is so much desired and which prevents the'collar from wrinkling, and as a consequence keeps its shape as long as the collar is used. The collar so constructed is laundried with no more difficulty than a collar having an ordinary band.

In the modified form shown in Fig. Quoi the drawing instead of employing a plurality of short strips and arranging them vertically, at more or less frequent intervals, between the plies of the neck band of the collar, I employ a plurality of longitudinally arranged strips or plies of similar material lettered respectively 11, 12 and 13 which may be of any convenient length and width, and quilt or sew the same together in the manner illustrated in the drawing, thereby obtaining the same result.

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described is a prac-tical and eiicient one for accomplishing the ends sought by this invention. The construction may, however, be varied in detail by those skilled in such matters, fwithout departing from the invention.

Having thusI described my invention, I

clainias new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A soft fold-collar having a top, and a neck band composed of a plurality of plies, and independent spaced strips of fabric arranged vertically at frequent intervals, permanently secured 'between the plies of the band by reinforcing stitching inserted through said plies andstrips.

This specifica-tion signedk and witnessed this 20th day of November, 1917.

SNDOR WEISZ.

Witnesses f EDWARD A. Grrr, Fnnnit. C. FISCHER. 

